Queen's Theatre, Grade II listed theatre in Burslem, England.
The Queen's Theatre is a theatre and music venue in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, housed in a Grade II listed building that was originally built as a town hall. The main hall has balconies on three sides that give the audience several different viewing levels above the main floor.
The building was put up in 1911 to serve as Burslem's town hall, but the town lost its independent status when it was absorbed into the new county borough of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. With no further need for a town hall, the building was converted into a theatre and has been used as a performance space ever since.
The Queen's Theatre sits in Burslem, a part of Stoke-on-Trent sometimes called the mother town of the Potteries, and that local identity still feels present inside the building. Performances here draw people from across the wider city, and the space is used for everything from live music to comedy nights and community events.
The theatre is in the center of Burslem and easy to reach on foot if you are already in the area. Checking the seating layout before you arrive is a good idea, as the balconies and main floor offer noticeably different experiences depending on the event.
The building was already out of date as a town hall before it even opened, since Burslem lost its borough status the year before construction finished. That means it never actually functioned as a town hall in the way it was designed to, making it a civic building that went straight from construction to conversion.
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